Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
150
Museum No.
BM 31438
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
No place
Type and Content
Letters
Archive
Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
Dossier
None
Period
-
Year BCE
None
Editio princeps
Abraham 2004

Content

Paraphrase
Letter concerning rikis qabli and the recruitement of troops. The head of the Egibi family is involved.
The names of the sender and addressee are lost but can be reconstructed on the basis of a comparison with AO8930, BM30688 and BM 33077 (Jursa AOAT 414/1).
A complains that he has not heard from B. The troops have not been released this year (paṭāru D). When C came to A to settle accounts (nishu nasāhu), he paid the rikis qabli (nadānu). The addressee is urged to pay (našû N) his share (zittu) of the rikis qabli-obligation and assist C (itti ušuzzu) in recruiting (esēru) soldiers (ṣābu), so that he will not cause delay and let him return empty-handed (etēqu Š). If he fails to do so, A will inform the appointed supervisor (bēl piqitti), and B risks to be hand-cuffed (izqātu) and pressured to pay his rikis qabli (rakāsu). A’s threat is reinforced by an oath.

A=Libluṭ; B=Dummuqu; C=Šišku (=Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi)
Transliteration
None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
no king. yy---dd

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Kathleen Abraham (18/04/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
4355